NUTR29010 - Dietetics Business and Practice Management

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will enable you to understand basic business principles and how to use them to deliver effective nutrition and dietetic services. Within this unit you will examine the leadership and management skills that are expected of nutrition and health professionals working within the public, corporate or private health sectors. You will develop your advocacy, entrepreneur, business and leadership skills through the development of business cases. You will develop an entrepreneurial mindset as you advocate for changes and seek to gain maximum leverage in the resolution of identified problems within contemporary nutrition and dietetic practice. You will examine the various types of employment available to dieticians in terms of organisational structure, workplace dynamics, required leadership attributes and availability of opportunities for employment. Finally, this unit will enable you to develop your self-promotion skills.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites:

  • NUTR29002 Medical Nutrition Therapy

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2023

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 1 - 2023

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Portfolio 50%
2. Written Assessment 30%
3. Practical Assessment 20%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Appraise the range of employment opportunities that are available to entry-level nutrition and dietetic professionals
  2. Evaluate the management, leadership styles and organisational structures that underpin exemplary service delivery within various organisations
  3. Reflect upon the level of risk, duty of care and scope of practice applicable to nutrition and dietetic services, across various work-place settings
  4. Develop a business case that identifies a problem and advocates for an entrepreneurial solution within contemporary nutrition and dietetic practice
  5. Interact and collaborate with others to establish and maintain employment within the nutrition and dietetic workforce.

Learning outcomes of this unit are linked to the following domains of the 2015 Dietitian Association of Australia (DAA) National Competency Standards for Dietitians in Australia:

  • Domain 1: Practises professionally
  • Domain 2: Positively influences the health of individuals, groups and/or populations to achieve nutrition outcomes.
  • Domain 4: Collaborates with clients and stakeholders

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Portfolio • • •
2 - Written Assessment •
3 - Practical Assessment •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Knowledge • • • •
2 - Communication • • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • •
4 - Research • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • •
7 - Leadership •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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1 - Portfolio • • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • •
3 - Practical Assessment • •